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Q: What does LSB executable mean when referring to executable files in Linux/Unix operating systems?

11:40 AM

Drive-by comments... Urgh

What does LSB executable mean in the context of executable files on Linux / Unix ? I have found the term "LSB executable" or "LSB shared object" in the output of the "file" command in Linux. EDIT It is really funny I am getting downvoted considering the two answers I got were completely differe...

getting upvotes too

sebasth

@StephenKitt it might seem related if one stops reading altogether after those three letters

@sebasth exactly, that’s what I think is happening (see my comments to the OP underneath my answer)

just goes to show how much attention people pay before answering or voting (not that I had any illusions)

terdon

12:03 PM

@StephenKitt I edited the Q to make it clearer by including an example.

@terdon nice, thanks

Kusalananda

@StephenKitt What's "the other answer" that's referred to?

@Kusalananda a comment linking to Wikipedia’s page on the Linux Standard Base (since deleted)

Kusalananda

Aha

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2:20 PM

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2:50 PM

I color my PS1 in my cygwin's mintty with escape codes and print the exit code when there's an error, but it (readline?) won't let me backspace over any text about the length of the escape code + the exit signal. Is there a close thing I'm missing that tells the tty not to count the escape code in the characters I'm not allowed to backspace over?

Q: New bash prompt causing issues

@AaronHall see for example

I changed my bash prompt to this: PS1="\[\033[1;31m[\[\033[1;33m\$(date +%H:%M)\[\033[1;31m] \u:\[\033[1;32m\W\[\033[1;37m\$\[\033[0m\] " Sorry for the long line, it is mostly due to colors. Basically when I hit the up arrow to go back in Bash history the prompt disappears and everything screw...

bash prompt

terdon

@AaronHall Yes, there's a close thingie but the details will depend on your prompt. Have a look here:

A: bashrc PS1 : user prompt won't clear entire text

Your final ANSII escape sequence isn't finished. The reset code (\e[0m), like the others, needs a [. Change your PS1 to: PS1="\[\033[38;5;190m\]\u - \W : \[\e[0m" Or, to keep things consistent: PS1="\[\033[38;5;190m\]\u - \W : \[\033[0m"

you need \[ and \]

Looks like tput is needed/highly recommended?

is \e universal? why do I see \033 so much?

@AaronHall not needed but recommended if you want to make your script portable

@AaronHall \e is widely supported, \033 is the equivalent octal

3:04 PM

I read that as "\e isn't supported everywhere, \033 is."

@AaronHall no, just read it as “\e is widely supported, \033 is the equivalent octal”

If Mordor is the only place it isn't supported, I'll be happy to tell people to use \e everywhere... and it just won't work in Mordor, the land where the shadows lie.

if you use tput the question is moot

(with a nice rhyme)

you pronounce moot, "mutt"?

@AaronHall Mordor probably doesn't have computers, either.

3:08 PM

@AaronHall I don’t pronounce tput “tee-putt”

I checked, I have tput on cygwin, let me check linux...

@StephenKitt You pronounce it "t-poot"?

linux too... ok

@AaronHall I pronounce it “tee-put” (as in the verb, “to put”)

I pronounce moot like a cow would.

ah with a long “oo”

But let's face it, I didn't grow up around people who know how to use fancy words...

3:11 PM

I guess my “oo” is shorter than the American one, and my “u” is longer

(I’m British)

(with a Scottish accent)

see the UK version of

put

Verb: put (third-person singular simple present puts, present participle putting, simple past put, past participle put or (UK dialectal) putten)

To place something somewhere.
To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
(finance) To exercise a put option.
To express something in a certain...

@StephenKitt Does that mean you're Scottish? :-)

@FaheemMitha half-Scottish, half-English

And I now have tput on my android device... had to install ncurses-utils though

thanks for the helps, guys.

3:33 PM

@StephenKitt Ah.

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6:32 PM

Interesting question, and answers. Never heard of IndexedDB before. superuser.com/q/1250944/69787

And I assume it's separate from the normal cookies.

Archemar

7:05 PM

amazing : unix.stackexchange.com/questions/393354/…

> The wireless bridge is the device I am developing.

so you can develop a bridge device and didn't know about network !?

sebasth

@Archemar at first I thought you were commenting on the question being closed

Archemar

I voted "leave open" this morning (well my morning)

sebasth

8:01 PM

has anyone actually used pam_groups with a recent gnome desktop?